Halle Berry is a bit of an A-list heroine. The first African-American to win the Best Actress Oscar and easily one of the most talented female players in the Hollywood circuit, the biracial actress is a predominant and shining example of how great acting can often transcend bad material.
Unfortunately, Berry stopped appearing in as many movies a few years back due to the birth of her daughter Nahla and lost a lot of her visible presence in the film world, starring in the odd indie drama as and when. Much to our good fortune, she’s made a bit of a comeback in recent years, taking up spots in rom-coms and low-key movies before striking back in acclaimed visual masterpiece Cloud Atlas and with several more films (vignette comedy Movie 43 and kidnapping thriller The Call) out this year.
With Movie 43 opening in UK cinemas today and featuring several dozen potentials for our weekly column, we decided that it was time for Halle Berry to face the gauntlet of 5 Awesome and 5 Sucked…
5 Performances That Were Awesome
5. Miranda Grey – Gothika (2003)
Not a fantastic movie, admittedly, but there’s plenty of solid performances in this B-horror, elevating it from the bargain bin to a pretty decent, if unimaginative flick – the best performance is Berry’s central role as Dr Miranda Grey, a psychiatric doctor who ends up in the same hospital she works in after being possessed by the spirit of a vengeful murdered teenager. Plus I have a soft spot for the movie who created Mr and Mrs Downey Jr.
The plot is straight from the current season of American Horror Story but Berry works admirably within the script as Miranda moves from a woman of science to a woman of faith, regaining her strength through the many obstacles that come into her path. It’s also noticeable that Gothika features women of colour in horror movies that aren’t victims or stereotypes – Penelope Cruz’s damaged patient-turned-friend Chloe has a sparky chemistry with Berry, the latter’s performance rooting the sometimes ridiculous plot in an earthy strength.
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To be honest, I don’t think Halle Berry is good in anything.
Certainly,You Have A Point.
Why does it say Selina Kyle as the number one suck and then Patience Phillips in the article? how can you make a mistake like that and expect it not to be noticed.
Erm… to be honest, I can’t see the Selina Kyle comment. That was the point, she wasn’t playing Selina Kyle, she was playing the Catwoman archetype in a new character. If I have put Selina Kyle down then my bad but honestly I can’t see it!
I am not a fan of Halle Berry’s acting. It is fair to say that she has had some passable performances and one pretty good one in Monsters Ball (even though I don’t think she should have won an Oscar for it). In terms of her personal best performances, which I would not describe as awesome, I would have added Boomerang, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, and Swordfish. Her worst would have included The Flintstones and B.A.P.S.
I’m not a fan of Halle Berry but I thought that she was good in Cloud Atlas which was probably the most divisive film of 2012
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